Assured Partners (26), NFP (24) and Seeman Holtz (23) all closed more than 20 transactions, and three others completed more than 10 transactions

The Top 10 buyers accounted for 56% of all transactions in 2017, up from 52% in 2016

There were 173 unique buyers in 2017, up from 153 in 2016, including 126 that only completed one transaction, up from 108 in 2016

A new classification of Buyers (PE / Hybrid), combining the private equity-backed firms and privately owned firms with significant M&A financial support, yielded 382 of the 604 (63%) transactions, up from 56% in 2016.

P&C sellers remained the dominant target, with 301 transactions, but EB firm sales increased from 93 deals in 2016 to 174 in 2017, led by Alera (0 to 26) and Acrisure (12 to 43), as well as nearly all of the other highly active buyers

There were five agencies from Business Insurance’s most recent Top 100 list that sold in 2017 (J. Smith Lanier, Capacity Coverage, Keenan & Associates, Frenkel & Co. and Wells Fargo Insurance Service)